Chesapeake Montessori School students are raising baby oysters to help restore this important natural resource to the Chesapeake Bay. Click on the video to learn more. Click here for more photos and details on the oyster growing project. 


PTO Spring Fair and Plant Sale:
The CMS PTO Spring Fair, "Little Italy"
is Saturday May 19.

Click here for more information.




Summer Camp: CMS will offer a summer camp, in one-week sessions from June 18 through July 27. Click here for details

Eco-Goats:
In early May, CMS tried out an environmentally friendly method of removing invasive plant species from our campus. Click here for more on our Eco-Goats project.


Admissions Update: CMS is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 school year. Check the Admissions Section for details.

Newsletter:
 Click here for the March 9 newsletter. Newsletters that  include classroom news are posted in the Parent Portal. 

School Calendar: Click here for our Google calendar.   

Want to Learn More About Montessori Education?
 Click here for a video created by Trevor Eissler, author of Montessori Madness.

 


Click here for photos of our 2012 May Baskets.



Click here for photos from our PTO Winter Family Luau.    
 




Click here for photos from our artist-in-residence Felting Project.
 

Maria Montessori.com: From Creeping to Leaping The Kindergarten Year     

The Globe and Mail: Maria Montessori: Guru for a New Generation of Business Innovators.    

Huffington Post Blog: Montessori: The Missing Voice in Education Reform

Harvard Business Review Blog: Develop Leaders the Montessori Way.     


CMS is an approved nonprofit in the Chesapeake Bay Area Combined Federal Campaign. Federal workers can designate gifts using code 29628.


CMS PTO School Store Now Open





We Are MontessoriCMS alumni are invited to join the We Are Montessori Facebook project sponsored by the Association Montessori International. Montessorians are offering memories of their schools and sharing how Montessori education has given them tools for success in life.
Click on the logo to join.

Green School: CMS has been named a Maryland Green School by the Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education in recognition of our efforts to care for the environment. Click here for details.

Wall Street Journal: Click here for the Wall Street Journal story on Montessori education and the creative elite.

New York Times: Click here for a New York Times interview with video technology leader Jeremy Allaire.

Click here to learn about more innovators who attended Montessori schools.